MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nurajahan mean?
Nurajahan combines Arabic nūr, light, and Persian jahān, world. The world word also appears in Shahjahan, where it is paired with king.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नूरजहाँ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नूरजहां
42,507 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
नुरजहां
12,842 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
नुरजहाँ
11,674 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nurajahan in Indian usage
60,333 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 59,703 records (99%).
- Recorded as male: 630 records (1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,421 |
| 1940s | 4,215 |
| 1950s | 8,762 |
| 1960s | 16,180 |
| 1970s | 15,502 |
| 1980s | 10,419 |
| 1990s | 3,513 |
| Other decades | 321 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 31,181 |
| Bihar | 12,582 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,968 |
| Rajasthan | 4,082 |
| Jharkhand | 2,097 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,042 |
| Uttarakhand | 713 |
| Haryana | 537 |
| Maharashtra | 325 |
| Manipur | 253 |
| Punjab | 138 |
| Meghalaya | 134 |
| Kerala | 114 |
| Other states | 167 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001